BARKETT, Circuit Judge:
Danny Joe Bradley, an Alabama prisoner under sentence of death, appeals the district court's dismissal of his suit to compel the government to produce evidence for DNA testing. The court held that Bradley's suit, which was filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, was the "functional equivalent" of a petition for habeas corpus, and should therefore be dismissed as a second or successive habeas petition filed without the requisite authorization...
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